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See full CV at https://sunnyshao.com for more complete list of positions and publications.

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Last updated on 2021-01-06.

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Sunny Shao

Education

PhD. Candidate, Political Science

University of California

Riverside, CA

current - 2016

M.S., Public Policy

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

2016 - 2013

Selected Positions

Researcher & Center Associate

Center for Social Innovation (UCR)

Riverside, CA

current - 2018

  • Independently collect, analyze and visualize survey data for research reports and public-sector clients
  • Supervise and mentor undergraduate students on data science research
  • Provided technical support for the Census 2020 Complete Count Committee in the Inland Empire Region of CA

Researcher

AAPI Data

Riverside, CA

current - 2017

  • Work and collaborate with local, state, and national organizations on over 130 data consulting projects
  • Program Qualtrics experimental surveys with name matching algorithm to determine ethnicity from voter files
  • Analyze, visualize survey data and build interactive data tools in ShinyApps using R

Summer Data Consulting Fellow

Education Pioneer

Los Angeles, CA

2015 - 2016

  • Worked closely with charter network coordinators, school principals, teachers on their needs and constraints for life experience programs
  • Created weighted sampling surveys to evaluate programs of Camino Nuevo charter school network
  • Designed protocols and methodology for future program evaluations

Data Analyst Intern

SmartAnalyst

Gurgaon, India

2012

  • Interviewed thoracic oncologists in Japan and China for pharmaceutical clients, who are on phase II trials of non-small cell lung cancer drugs
  • Translated three-way phone meetings between client, SmartAnalyst and Chinese thoracic oncologists
  • Crowdsourced a list of throracic oncologists through medical journals

Selected Projects

Geographic Profiles, Racial Data

shinyApp + AWS hosting

N/A

current - 2020

Asian American Voter Survey

AAPI Data, APIAVote & AAAJC

N/A

2020 - 2018

Inland Empire Non-profit/Civic Engagement Survey

Center for Social Innovation, UC Riverside

N/A

2020 - 2019